Drill container



Jun 20, 1944. w, JENSEN 2,351,815

DRILL CONTAINER Filed Jan. 28, 1943 INVENTOR WILL IAM JENSEN AT TORNEYSPatented June 20, 1944 DRILL CONTAINER. William Jensen, Delavan, Wis.,assignor to John Bur-bridge,

Kenosha, Wis.

Application January 28, 1943, Serial No. 413,817

4Glaims.

This invention appertains to tool cases and more particularly to a noveldrill container of a small compact order capable of being carried in thepocket or in a tool chest.

One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a containerfor holding a plurality of drills of difierent sizes, which will notonly protect the drills against accidental damage, but

which will permit the quick selection of a drill of the desired size.

Another salient object of the invention is to provide a drill containerembodying an outer case and an inner core for receiving the drills,.with a novel rotatable closure cap having dispensing openings adaptedto be brought into alignment with selected pockets in the core, the caphaving novel means associated therewith for opening and closing aselected dispensing opening in the cap.

A further important object of the invention is the provision of a novelcore for the case so constructed that a maximum number of drill sizescan be carried in the case without materially increasing the over-allsize of the case.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel core fordrill cases which can be constructed from pieces of thin sheet metal soformed and fabricated that an extremely compact structure will be hadfor receiving a great number of drills.

A still further important object of the invention is to provide a drillcontainer of the above character, which will be durable and efl'icientin use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one whichcan be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinaftermore specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the novel drill containertaken on the line l-l of Figure 2, looking in the direction of thearrows.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the drill container with parts thereofbroken away and in section to illustrate structural detail.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional view taken on theline 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a detail top plan view of the inner rotatable plate forminga part of the closure cap.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail top plan view of one of the novelsections of the core of the case.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the complete case.

5 Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,the letter C generally indicates the novel drill container and the sameincludes an outer case Ill 10 which can be formed from sheet metal orany other desired material. The case can be treated in any preferred wayso as to enhance the appearance and wearing quality thereof.

The case l0 includes a cylindrical side wall ll,

a bottom closure wall l2 and a top closure cap l3. The bottom wall l2can be rigidly secured to the side wall II in any preferred way and itis to be noted that the bottom wall is provided with an axial opening itfor permitting the insertion of a screw driver or the like within thecontainer during the assembling of the various parts thereof.

The cap I3 is rotatably associated with the upper end of the side wall Hand includes a disc shaped top wall l5 having a depending flange orskirt I 6 which engages the outer face of the side wall II. The axialcenter of the cap I3 is provided with a struck-in annular flange I1which defines an axial opening and the purpose of the opening and flangewill be later 'set forth.

The cap beyond the axial flange I1 is provided with a series ofgraduated dispensing openings l8, the purpose of which will also laterappear.

Rotatably associated with the cap Iii is a fiat circular shapeddispensing plate It! and this plate is provided with an axial openingfor receiving the annular flange l1 and the dispensing plate turns onsaid flange. This dispensing plate is 40 also provided with threegraduated dispensing openings 20 which can be brought into and out ofalignment with the different sized dispensing openings I8 in the cap l3.Firmly anchored to the dispensing plate I9 is an upstanding stud 2| 5and this stud extends through an arcuate slot 22 formed in the cap l3.The upper end of the stud terminates in a thumb piece 23. Slidablymounted upon the stud is a finger grip 24 and the finger grip isnormally urged toward the plate I9 by an expansion spring 25 which iscoiled about the stud 2| and the spring is confined between the thumbpiece 23 and the bottom of the thumb piece 24.

The arcuate slot 22 has the opposite walls thereof provided with aseries of indentations 26 into which the finger piece 24 is adapted tosnap. In

piece 24 and pressing down on the thumb piece 23, the stud 2! can bemoved in the slot 22 for turning the plate l9. relative to the cap andhence a desired opening 20 in the plate can be brought into registrationwith a desired dispensing opening I8 in the cap.

Fitted within the container I is the novel core 21 and this core formsan important feature of the invention. The complete core'when in itsmade-up form is of a cylindrical shape for snugly fitting within thecontainer against the side wall II. The core 21 is made up or a seriesof units or sections 28 and each oi these units or sections 28 areformed from thin blanks of sheet metal, such as brass. These blanks areof a rectangular form and are pressed or stamped to provide a series ofsemi-cylindrical barrels. The two inner-most semi-cylindrical barrelsare of the same size and the two intermediate cylindrical barrels are ofa less size than the two innermost barrels but of equal size relative toone another. The two outer-most barrels are of equal size relative toone another but of a smaller size than the two intermediate barrels. Thepressed blank is then folded on a medial line to bring thesemi-cylindrical barrels together to form a series of graduatedlongitudinally extending pockets 29. The diameter or these pockets arethe same as the diameter of the dispensing openings l8 and 20 in the capand plate 19.

The sections 28 after being formed in the manner described are allnested together as is clearly shown in Figure 2 and are connectedtogether in any preferred way, such as by soldering to form the completecore. When the sections are connected together a complete cylindricalcore is formed with a central enlarged opening or bore and the upper endor this bore or opening receives a closure head 30 and this head isfirmly secured to the core in any preferred way, such as by solder. Byagain referring to Figure 2, it can be seen that the individual sections28 extend substantially tangentially from the closure head 30.

It is preferred to hold the core against movement in the container whenthe container is completely assembled and hence the side wall ll of thecontainer can be provided with a narrow slot 3| in its upper end and adrop 01' solder 32 can be poured in the slot 3| for connection with thecore.

A stud bolt 33 is inserted axially through the head 30 and through theannular flange I! of the cap I: and a cap nut 34 is threaded on theupper end of the bolt 33 against the cap l3. A tension spring 35 can beplaced around the bolt 33 for engagement with the head of the bolt andthe head 30. The head of the bolt 33 can be reached opening in the plateby placing a screw driver in the container through the opening l4 in thebottom wall i2.

From the construction so far it can be seen that the cap l3 can beturned on the side wall II and on the bolt 33 and that the plate I! canbe turned on the annular flange II.

The outer face of the side wall ll adjacent to its upper end is providedwith indicia 36 indicating drill sizes and the rotatable cap I! isprovided with an indicating arrow 31 for gqoperation with the indicia.Thus the cap can be sizes therein, means for turned to bring the arrowinto alignment with 76 case and it is merely necessary to rotate the capand to align the arrow 21 to the drill size shown. The finger piece 24is now raised and the case is held against rotation by the hand and theplate It is turned so that the desired size opening therein willregister with the desired size dispensing opening l8. It is to be notedthat when the case is turned to a selected position that the arrowaligns with three drill sizes and obviously the workman will have nodifilculty in turning the plate It to bring the correct size drillopening in position, that is, either the large, intermediate or smallersizeishown.

While I have stated that the core is made from metal, it is to beunderstood that the core can be casted and made from plastic materials,it so desired.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided acompact and durable con,- tainer for drills which is so constructed thata maximum number of drills oi diflerent sizes can be carried in a singlecase of small dimensions.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of the invention, but what I claim as new is:

l. A drill container comprising an outer case including a rotatable caphaving dispensing openings therein, a core fitted within said containerprovided with a plurality of longitudinally extending pockets forreceiving drills oi difierent sizes, a dispensing plate rotatablycarried by the cap having dispensing openings, means for turning theplate on the cap for bringing a selected in alignment with a selectedopening in the cap, means for latching the plate in the selectedposition to the cap, whereby the plate and cap can be turned as a unitto align the selected openings with a selected pocket in the core.

. 2. A drill container comprising an outer case including a rotatablecap, a core snugly fitted with the case provided with a plurality oflongitudinally extending pockets for drills, the cap having dispensingopenings therein, a dispensing plate rotatably associated with the caphaving a series of dispensing openings of different sizes therein, meansfor turning the plate on the cap for aligning a selected opening in theplate with a selected opening in the cap, means for latching the cap andplate together whereby the cap and plate can be turned as a unit toalign the selected opening with the selected pocket in the core, andmeans rotatably connecting the cap with the core.

3. A drill container comprising an outer case including a rotatable cap,a core snugly fitted with the case provided with a plurality ofIongitudinally extending pockets for drills, the cap having dispensingopenings therein, a dispensing plate rotatably associated with the caphaving a series of dispensing openings of different turning the plate onthe cap for aligning a selected opening in the plate with a selectedopening in the cap, means for latchi g the cap and plate togetherwhereby the cap and plate can be turned as a unit to align the selectedopening with the selected pocket in the core, and means rotatablyconnecting the cap with the core, and means rigidly connectmeans forrotating the plate on the cap for bringing one opening at a time in saidplate in registra-.

tion with a selected opening in the cap, means detachably latching theplate in a set position on the cap, a cylindrical core fitted in saidcontainer having a central opening therethrough and a dispensingopenings arranged in an arcuate line, 15

plurality of longitudinally extending units, each of said unitsincluding longitudinally extending pockets of different size arrangedsubstantially tangentially to an axial point on said core, a headrigidly connected to the units, a bolt slidably mounted through saidhead and through the flange, and a cap nut fitted on the bolt againstthe cap.

WILLIAM JENSEN.

